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9	"It is the only large..." It is the only large community on the Susquehanna River between Wilkes-Barre and Sunbury with-out flood protection.
10	HISTORY OF FLOODING IN THE BLOOMSBURG AREA Bloomsburg’s flood stage is 19 feet.
11	HISTORY OF FLOODING IN THE BLOOMSBURG AREA 1901 / 22 1955 / 21.2 1983 / 24.2 1902 / 26.9 1956 / 21.6 1984 / 23.5 1904 / 32.7* 1958 / 20.8 1984 / 24.4 1913 / 22.3 1960 / 22.8 1986 / 23.4 1936 / 22.5 1961 / 20.1 1993 / 23.2 1936 / 27.8 1964 / 22.6 1993 / 22.2 1940 / 25.7 1964 / 24.7 1994 / 19.8 1943 / 23.4 1972 / 31.2 1996 / 26.8 1946 / 25.2 1975 / 27.5 2004 / 27.1 1948 / 22.2 1979 / 25.2 1950 / 21.1 1983 / 20.6
12	HISTORY OF FLOODING IN THE BLOOMSBURG AREA
13	HISTORY OF FLOODING IN THE BLOOMSBURG AREA 1972 June – Agnes $81,430,700 1975 September – Eloise $967,611* 1996 January $8,083,556 2004 September – Ivan $2,700,000 TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $93,181,867
14	HISTORY OF FLOODING IN THE BLOOMSBURG AREA 624 Households Bloomsburg/Fernville – (1,441 people)* 2 Major industries – Magee Rieter & Bernardi Industrial jobs – 842 Businesses – 32 with 150 jobs (estimated number) Bloomsburg Fairgrounds Property assessed value - $49,855,785 Public infrastructure Bloomsburg/Fernville - $5,200,000
15	HISTORY OF FLOODING IN THE BLOOMSBURG AREA 13 floods have occurred from 1901 to 1952.
16	HISTORY OF FLOODING IN THE BLOOMSBURG AREA 20 floods have occurred from 1953 to 2004.
17	HISTORY OF FLOODING IN THE BLOOMSBURG AREA
18	FUTURE FLOODING IN THE BLOOMSBURG AREA IS A CERTAINTY.
19	FACTORS INFLUENCING FLOODING More land development Lack of storm water management programs Decline in wooded areas No protection against floods
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23	S U M M A R Y Bloomsburg area has experienced many floods in the last 104 years.
24	S U M M A R Y Bloomsburg area has experienced many floods in the last 104 years. Floods have occurred more frequently in the last half of the 104 years, 1953 to 2004, than in the first half, 1901-1952.
25	S U M M A R Y Bloomsburg area has experienced many floods in the last 104 years. Floods have occurred more frequently in the last half of the 104 years, 1953 to 2004, than in the first half, 1901-1952. Floods are costly.
26	S U M M A R Y Bloomsburg area has experienced many floods in the last 104 years. Floods have occurred more frequently in the last half of the 104 years, 1953 to 2004, than in the first half, 1901-1952. Floods are costly. Bloomsburg and Fernville do not have flood protection.
27	S U M M A R Y Bloomsburg area has experienced many floods in the last 104 years. Floods have occurred more frequently in the last half of the 104 years, 1953 to 2004, than in the first half, 1901-1952. Floods are costly. Bloomsburg and Fernville do not have flood protection. Without flood protection, Bloomsburg and Fernville will be flooded in the future.
28	TWO BASIC CHOICES CONFRONT THE COMMUNITY
29	FIRST CHOICE 1. Town Council votes not to build a flood protection project. WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS DECISION?
30	SECOND CHOICE 2. Town Council votes to have the Corps develop an “Engineering and Design Plan” to build a flood protect-ion project for the Bloomsburg area. WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS DECISION?
31	MARCH 21^ST IS DECISION DAY.
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